The Portland daily press., 1887-03-02


saoond times (Mr. Edmunds being ABSENT
and referred to the committee on appropria-
| tions. .a,,,.;o,,
| nj To be presented to Joseph Francis, In rec
| ognition of his services IN tne construction
and nerfection of life-saving appliances was
paPseoi pPeSoiotions were adopted In honor of the
late REPRESENTATIVES, Arno, Beach and Dowd-
new of New York, and eulogies were deliv-
0Isii The Senate. at 11.45 o'clock, adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House met at 10 o'clock today in con-
tinuance of Yesterdays session. On motion
of Mr.. Belmont Of New iork tne Senate
bin was non-concurred in and conference
Mr. Willis of Kentucky presented the con-
| ference report on the river and harbor ap-
preparation bill and on tne demand oI Mr
| suming over an hour Of time. The report
| states that the Senate increased the items in
| the House bill to sum aggregatlng Sl,l50-
| coo. This was reduced In the conference to
| 81 .598. $50. The Senate added 20 new items,
were reduced in the conference. The total
| of the original House. bill was Sz459,O00.
| The hill as Il passed the Senate was $10-
| 62O, $50, and as 1t comes from the conference
is $9,9i9,S0O. The conference report was
| agreed to-yeas 1T, nays 81.
THE items for Maine changed stand as fol
| lows as adopted by the House: Rockland
| harbor. 100000; Mt Desert, $4,000; Back
Cove, Portland $4,000; York harbor,
| $4,000.
The conference report on the Indian APP
| preparation bill was also agreed to.
A motion to suspend the rules was agreed
| to and bill was passed with an amendment
| appropriating $4,000 for printing and finish
| tender notes Of the denominations Of one and
| two dollars.
| Mr.. Holman of Indiana moved to suspend
| the rules and put upon its passage the legis-
| lative appropriation bill, as amended by the
committee of the whole, as far as considered
| by that body, with certain other amendments
| indicated by law. (These amendments are 70
| make that part Of the bill not considered IN
| committee conform to the appropriation Dill
| of last year,
After the reading of the modified bill, Mr..
| Cannon of Illinois criticised the majority
| side for having been obliged to ask the House
to pass the measure under suspension OF the
| rules.
Mr.. Milliken of Maine attributed the ne
| ceSSity for the request to pass the bill under
| the suspension Of the rules to the desire on
| the part of members Of the committee on APP
preparations to become monarchs OF the
House.
Mr.. Reed of Maine, referring to the fact
lotted to him for debate, was not surprised
| at the silence of the gentleman from Indiana.
| At the beginning of the session the Repub-
lican party assisted with generosity as dis,
| tlnguished as it was patriotic, in making all
| changes in the rules which were necessary to
| give to the Democratic House plain course
| to run and be glorifed, If glory turned out to
|. be in its nature. The committee ON appr0-
| priations was relegated to its duty Of bring
| ing before the House appropriations for the
| sustenance of the government. 1t was re-
| lieved from large portion of its labor be-
| cause of scenes similar to that which had
| been enacted during the past three days,
| though not quite so discreditable, With all
| these advantages 1t was amazing to note the
result 1t was during the last days OF the
| session that this bill of 107 pages was brought
before the House. The House of Represent
atiyes of the people properly claimed the
right to originate appropriation bills, and
| yet year after year the spectacle was pre-
sented of practical abdication on the part
| of the House of the very claim which It
made with so loud flourish OF trumpets, and
with so much affection for the dear people.
| After shearing itself of its rights to examine
| the accounts of the nation the House at
tempted to shear the coordinate body of the
| right to examine the expenditures Why
| had the House neglected to audit the ac-
| counts of the nation? On account Of the no
| BILE things it had otherwise done? Time fail
| ed him to speak of the great achievements of
| both wings of the Democratic party on
the tariff, one of them convulsed with sor-
row at the Offerings of the people, the other
preparing at the next election to be the
shield of the Democratic party. Againstthe
charge Of free trade and against the onset of
| the people who would wipe out that party,
tbe Gentleman aa aTfrSs from RAM
| DALI and those who followed him.
What other great. achievements were there
| to record? Here was defenceless country
without power to protect itself from assault,
oh
one third the distance of guns, that could be
| brought to bear on it. Fair opportunity had
| been given the Democrats by the Republican
| side to expend large sums OF money for the
| defence of the country, and they had delib-
erately declined and sneerlngly assumed the
| responsibility for so doing. Again referring
to the backward condition Of the appr0pria-
| ton bills he submitted that this condition of
affairs must cease, that in some way the
House ought to show it did not intend that
| the last days of the session should be spent
| in registering the edicts of a few committees,
but that the House itself, representing all
| the people Of the United States, should not
be deprived of that voice in the affairs Of the
country which the constitution and good
sense of the people demanded. applause
on the Republican side.)
Mr.. Holman-The time is valuable and /
have but to request that vote be taken on
the pending motion. The gentleman scolds
very WELL but L can find fish women IN this
| town who can beat him at that game.
| Laughter on the Republican iside)
Mr.. Reed-The gentleman from Indiana,
and | take his word for it, says he knows fish
women.instown who can rake better sc0lds
| than l. l admit his acquaintance on that
subject and / congratulate him on his aSso-
citation. Uaughter)
The rules were then suspended and the
bill passed, 13S to "A.
Mr.. Morrison of Illinois, called up the con-
| ference report of the fractional gallon bill.
Mr.. Butterworth of Ohio, raised question
| of consideration, and the House refused,
| yeas, 101; nays, 142, to consider the confer
| ence report.
Mr.. Belmont of New York, presented the
conference report on the fisheries retaliatory
bill, announcing the disagreement he said
| it was matter of public notoriety that the
report had been made of the Senate, in
| which it was stated that the differences be-
| tween the House and Senate upon this ques-
| ton were irrec0nciliable. The majority Of
| the House conferees regretted that the gen.
| tlemen representing the other body should
| have reached such conclusions. The House
| conferees did not say the differences were ir-
| Ieconciliable, but they had not felt at liberty
| to disregard the expressed will OF the House,
| will expressed unanimously. The confer
| ees believing that the House had decided this
| question to be national one, and not one to
| be settled by retaliatory policy, which af-
fected Canada alone.
Mr.. Rice of Massachusetts, said there had
| been declaration made in the Senate that
| irreconciliable, and he thought he agreed in
| that declaration. In the statement prepared
| by kthe majority of the House:conferees in
| explanation of their position. 1t was said
| that the Senate bill excluded nothing but
| Canadian fish. 1t was mistake. The bill
| authorized the President to exclude all Cana
| dian products from American markets. The
| House bill went just step far
ther, and authorized the President,
under certain conditions, to exclude
| rolling stock, locomotives and railroad
| trains. That was where the irreconcllable
difference existed. The Senate conferees said
| absolutely and positively "No" to the House
| proposition, and said, I'VE will 60 just as
far as fishermen and those who represent
them suggest" We will exclude from the
| country all Canadian products, but when you
ask us to authorize the President to declare
absolute non-intercourse. we say, mo"
The question now presented was whether
| the House, because it could not go to the ex-
treme, would stop and do nothing. He
called upon the members of the House to
rise above party considerations. and take
action which would sustain the administra-
tion in the American position that It had
taken ON the subject. He then moved that
the House recede from the amendment ofth
Senate bill.
Pending action the House at 5.15 o'clock
took recess till 8 o'clock,
A large number lof bills were passed at
the evening session, authorizing the con-
struction Of bridges. Among them the fol-